Hanger



Oct. 9, 1928.

B. B. ELLERBECK HANGER Filed Feb. 28, 1927 ject being to provide a Patented Oct. 9, 1928.

:nuVrai)l's 'rATlsis BEN'BROWN EnLnRBn'oK, or sAL'r LAKE arriveren.

HANGER.

Application filed February 28, 1927. Serial No. 171,526.

. My present invention relates to devices for hanging up or suspending brooms, mops, rakes, shovels or any similar article, the obhanger which is of extreme simplicity and which functions by effecting a gripping or binding action at the Y points of contact between the device and the article to be suspended.

. The preferred manner of carrying out the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing which formsv a part of this specification, vand in which,

Figure 1 is a face view showing lthe de vice with suitableiiinging means to fasten to any upright support, y

Figure 2 is a side View showing the hangerv Y first in normal inactive position tby means of full lines, and showing its movement by means of dottedV lines,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of -the hanger in active position gripping an article in the manner specified.

Referring.` now to these figures, I have shown at 10 theportion of the hanger which serves as the gripping element of the device and have indicated at 11 a suitable means of hinging the active element 10 and securing it to any upright support. This active member' is of such shape that the article to be gripped is held at a distance from the point n of hingino'.

y l/Vhile tiiis element 10 may be blanlred from sheet metal with a suitable opening to allow the handle of the article to' ybe inserted, it

. Y is preferred to use stiff wire as the material foi` this part and to shape it in the Vgeneral form of a loop. To gain the utmost simplicity in this hanger, itis deemed preferable to have the element 10 in the form of an incomplete loop, that is; a portion of one side is left open so that the handle of the broom or similar article may be inserted through the opening in the Side. This makes for quicker action than would be obtained by inserting the end of the handle up through the loop and permits the hang-V ing up of such articles as may have extremely long handles, or handles having a cross piece at the end. Further, by allowing the article to be inserted from the side, this side4 opening permits the article to be suspended from either end.

The loop or element 104 is continuous through the hinge 11. This hinge may be of anysimple nature such as a strip of sheet metal doubled over the base ofthe loopxor may-consist of staples or similar fastenings. The ends of the loop 10 are shown at 12 and 18. Vhen the element 10 is lifted to i the horizontal position, Fig. 2, the distance between the ends 12 and 13 isy suiiicient toy allow the handle of the broom or similar article to be freely inserted.V The weight of .the element 10 causes it to assume an upright position, yas indicated in full lines in Fig. 2, when it is not in use. As the loop drops :lo\vmvard, the effective horizontal distance between the ends 12and 13 is diminished,

thus bringing these ends into firm contact with the handle of the article suspended. The weight of the article suspended pulls the loop or element 10 further from the hori- Zontal, decreasing the effective width of the opening and increasing the pressure of the ends 12 and 13'on the article gripped. This action causes the element 10 to effect a firm and positive grip.

The perspective view shows the hanger in effective position gripping an object 14 such as the handle of a broom. Thelower end of such an article will tend toswing back of the vertical line through the points of support. If the hanger is fastened to an upright support such as theside of the wall, this movement is checked by the wall, but if the hanger is fastened at any distance from the Wall such as at the edge of a shelf, it is'still effective since the center of weight of the article suspended tends to remainV under the point of suspension thereby limitingr this Abackward inclination to a veryk slight de ree.

v It is 0 vious that my inventionprovides a hangery of extreme simplicity, easy" and inexpensive to fabricate, and very effective to suspend any type of elongated object.

1. In an article of manufacture, the comr` ,Y

bination of a sheet metal clasp and a wire' formed approximately in the shape of -a plane isosceles triangle, the base of which is rotatably held in the sheet metal clasp,

and the ends of the wire'terminating some A 2. In an article of `manufacture,"the com# loination of a sheet metal clasp and a Wire 'formed approximately in the shape of an isoseeles triangle, the base of which is rotatably held in the said clasp, and the ends 5 of the Wire approaching each other at one of the equal sides but turned to point into the approximately triangular area thus leaving an opening at the side, said opening being` at some distance from the base SideV and designed to grip any elongated article 10 in the opening When the Wire form is tilted downward from a horizontal plane through the base side. f

BEN BROWN ELLERBECK. 

